Barn-door-hanger track.



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BARN DOOR HANGER TRACK. APPLICATION FILED rmmz, 191s.

, 1 79,734. Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

- Gear 7f Yen! er Wdizeaaesb g6 COLUMBIA PLANOURAPH CO WASHINGTDN D C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GEORGE W. YENTZER, OF OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO J. PORTER COMPANY, OF OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, A CORIORATION ILLINOIS.

BARN-DOOR-I-IANGER TRACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

To all whom 2'25 may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE TV. YENTZER, a citizen of the United States, residing in Ottawa, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Barn-Door-Hanger Tracks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in barn door hanger tracks.

Objects of the invent-ion'are to provide a barn door hanger track which may be cheaply manufactured, which may be easily installed in place, which-is rain, sleet, snow and bird proof and which is provided with end brackets arranged to maintain the track portions in proper position.

The invention furthermore consists in the improvements in the parts and devices and in the novel combinations of parts and devices herein shown, described or claimed.

In the drawing forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a barn door hanger track embodying my improvements, said figure showing also a por tion of a barn door mounted on suitable hangers supported by the track. Fig. 2 is an enlarged, detail, sectional view, taken sub stantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and looking in the direction of the arrows, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the end brackets forming a part of the door track.

In said drawing, the track proper, as shown, is comprised of an inner, longitudinally extending member A, having an upright vertical portion 10, adapted to fit against the side of the barn or other building to which it is attached, and having also a lower, outwardly extended, horizontal, flat portion 11 which forms a part of the track for the rollers of the roller carriage, as hereinafter described, and an outer, longitudinally extending members B which cooperates with the member A to form the track, and as shown, said member B comprises an upper, vertically extending portion 12 having a horizontal, inturned upper flange 13, which fits over the upper edge of the vertical por tion 10 of the inner member A and forms a shedding surface to prevent rain, snow or sleet from passing down the inside of the track. The member B is provided with an outwardly and downwardly sloping portion 14-, the latter, at the bottom thereof, having an inwardly extended, horizontal, flat por tion 15, which is slightly spaced from the portion 11 of the inner member Ato form a slot through which extends the inverted U- shaped member 16 of the roller carriage, more particularly hereinafter described. The membersA and B of the track are preferably rolled to the proper shape.

The track is adapted to be made in various lengths, and at the adjoining or abutting ends of the diflerent portions will be covered by means of an intermediate bracket 17. The ends of the track will be covered or inclosed by end brackets 18, the latter each having a flange 19 corresponding in shape to the outline of the outer member B of the track, and adapted to fitover the same and hold it in place. It will also be noted that each end bracket 18 is provided with an upwardly extending lug 20 which fits in the slot formed between the two horizontal portions 11 and 15 to aid in keeping the same properly spaced, and also to serve as a limiting stop for the travel of the roller carriage. All the parts of the track, including the inner, longitudinally extending member A, outer, longitudinally extending member B and the intermediate and end brackets 17 and 18, are secured in position by means of suitable lag screws 21, placed at suitable distances apart.

The door 22 is supported by any suitable form of door hanger, preferably of the type disclosed-in my prior Patent No. 963,975, issued July 5, 1910, and each roller carriage, as shown is provided with a pair of rollers 23, suitably mounted on ball bearing supports, and each roller 23, as shown, is provided with a centrally located peripheral flange 24 of slightly less width than the distance between the port-ions 11 and 15, and which is adapted to travel in the slot, whereby the rollers and the roller carriage are kept in pro-per position as the door is moved back and forth, and thereby preventing the rollers or roller carriages from becoming twisted and jammed.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that the door track is placed directly against the wall of the building to which it is attached, thereby preventing any rain, snow or sleet from getting in between the track and the building, the horizontal flange 13 forms a shedding surface, preventing moisture from getting in between the portions 10 and 12 of the track members, the curved portion 14 forms a shedding surface to deflect the rain or moisture to a plane outside of the door, thereby protecting the door hangers and roller carriages, and the end brackets prevent birds from getting inside the track and forming nests therein.

Although I have herein shown and described what I now consider the preferred embodiment of my invention, yet it will be understood that the same may be varied in the details of construction without departing from the spirit of the invention, and all changes are contemplated as come within the scope of the claim appended hereto.

1 claim As an article of manufacture, a door hanger track comprising separate inner and outer, longitudinally extending members,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for each of which is provided with a vertical portion and a lower, horizontal, fiat portion,

the flat portions extending in opposite directions and being spaced from each other and forming a track for a roller carriage, and end brackets each provided with a flange corresponding in outline to and adapted to fit over the longitudinally extending members, said brackets being also each provided with a lug 2O fitting between the horizontal flat portions of the longitudinally extending members, substantially as specified.

GEORGE W. YENTZER. Witnesses:

ARTHUR H. CoLwnLL, LOUISE E. SHULER.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

